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Not to know wtf Shoogle means

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CrapBucket · 12/10/2023 22:32

Keep getting a sponsor thread shown to me - ‘You can shoogle it like a pram’ - that’s lovely but I have no idea what that means and I clicked the link and still don’t know…

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Devilsmommy · 12/10/2023 23:14

Never heard this word before but it is now definitely being added to vocabulary and used as much as I possibly can. Luckily I have a baby so can defo do some shoogling of pram 😁

2023shady · 12/10/2023 23:14

Like if you were wanting to cover veg in butter and seasoning in a bowl
Give it a shoogle. Like a shake

thaegumathteth · 12/10/2023 23:14

I don't think I could get through my days without using the word shoogly.

I cannot believe squint is a Scottish thing!!!

KingsleyBorder · 12/10/2023 23:15

Children’s teeth are shoogly before they fall out.

MrsMoastyToasty · 12/10/2023 23:15

In our house we shoogle the duvet when we put a new cover on it. DH is Scottish .

noname846 · 12/10/2023 23:15

I'd never heard it before I moved to Scotland (likewise outwith - both good words!).

KingsleyBorder · 12/10/2023 23:16

MrsMoastyToasty · 12/10/2023 23:15

In our house we shoogle the duvet when we put a new cover on it. DH is Scottish .

Surely it’s a downie you shoogle, not a duvet?

Indiana2021 · 12/10/2023 23:16

@LorraineBainMcFly Jings crivvins help ma boab it getting shooglier by the minute Wink

KnickerlessParsons · 12/10/2023 23:16

I'd say shiggle (I'm Welsh)

Warum · 12/10/2023 23:18

KingsleyBorder · 12/10/2023 23:16

Surely it’s a downie you shoogle, not a duvet?

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A downie IS a duvet surely?

Warum · 12/10/2023 23:19

KingsleyBorder · 12/10/2023 23:15

Children’s teeth are shoogly before they fall out.

We call that wobbly, even as Scottish folk. Never heard of shoogly teeth, though I suppose it works....

divinededacende · 12/10/2023 23:19

HAHA! I'm Scottish and I get it. Mind you, it's not a word you hear as much these days. I'm 38 and it was something I heard more when I was a kid. Seems weird to use it in an advert but maybe that's the point, now loads of people are talking about them so job done, I guess.

My DP is from Devon originally. He's been in Glasgow for 8 years and still gets caught off guard by random Scotttish phrases. He accuses me of making up words at least once a month.

Loubelle70 · 12/10/2023 23:20

That's shittle (means a little bit poo) 🤣

PerspiringElizabeth · 12/10/2023 23:22

I mean, I’ve never heard it until this mumsnet ad, but it’s pretty onomatopoeic and I assumed it means what it does mean…

Fleur405 · 12/10/2023 23:22

i have seen the ad but not the thread. But obviously there is a Scottish baby getting shoogled in something.

It means to shake or wobble. Buts it’s much more excellent than both of those words.

KingsleyBorder · 12/10/2023 23:25

Warum · 12/10/2023 23:18

A downie IS a duvet surely?

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Exactly! I was asking whether the poster calls it that, or mixes and matches their languages.

Merrilydancing · 12/10/2023 23:27

I had no idea that squint was a Scottish word, I mean what is the real name of the squinty bridge?

KingsleyBorder · 12/10/2023 23:27

Warum · 12/10/2023 23:19

We call that wobbly, even as Scottish folk. Never heard of shoogly teeth, though I suppose it works....

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No, some of us Scottish folk use shoogly for teeth.

Warum · 12/10/2023 23:27

KingsleyBorder · 12/10/2023 23:25

Exactly! I was asking whether the poster calls it that, or mixes and matches their languages.

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Ah ok, we never say downie, aleays duvet.
My mum used to call her/my nightie a 'goonie'....that's a very Scottish word to me!

Warum · 12/10/2023 23:28

KingsleyBorder · 12/10/2023 23:27

No, some of us Scottish folk use shoogly for teeth.

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I'm sure some do.
I like the word 'shooglie' but have a phobia of loose teeth so try not to think too much about them....😬

BluebellsareBlue · 12/10/2023 23:29

Used frequently in Scotland "the boss' coat is on a shoogly peg". It's means wobble or shake gently

KingsleyBorder · 12/10/2023 23:29

Warum · 12/10/2023 23:27

Ah ok, we never say downie, aleays duvet.
My mum used to call her/my nightie a 'goonie'....that's a very Scottish word to me!

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Mine too. It is!

BigDahliaFan · 12/10/2023 23:29

i never realised that wasn’t widely known. Scottish parents and I live in England.

JaninaDuszejko · 12/10/2023 23:30

I knew this thread would appear. I was mainly annoyed they put quote narks round it. That's not how you should treat words from another language.

You wouldn't type the following:

I think I just experienced "déjà vu"
'Great Expectations' is an example of a "bildungsroman"

fortnumsfinest · 12/10/2023 23:33

It means to rock, you'd shoogle a pram.
Also Oor Wullie comes from Auchenshoogle.
Can you tell I'm Scottish